Gaining Good Homes! Part 2

Previously  Godly Families – the endangered species  Male Leadership Deficit (Ezek. 22:30; Jer. 5:1-9)  Men can stand in the gap to lead in:  Work-ethic  Spiritual and sensible education

3. Leading In Discipline  With education comes discipline  Discipline is a friend of education  Education without discipline may be merely academic  The father leads a disciplined life and disciplines behavior which is nonconforming

“And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord” (Eph. 6:4)  “ Chasten your son while there is hope, And do not set your heart on his destruction” (Prov. 19:18)  “Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid” (Prov. 12:1)  “A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke” (Prov. 13:1)

4. Leading In A Spiritual Walk  Leading family in prayer (1 Tim. 2:8)  Having good conduct (1 Tim. 3:2)  Teaching the commandments of God (1 Tim. 3:2; Is. 38:19; Gen. 18:18, 19; Josh. 4:21-24; Ps. 78:3-6)  Taking the oversight of the house (1 Tim. 3:4, 5)  Bringing family to worship (Josh. 24:15)

Young Men “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, there- fore, and prove yourself a man” (1 Kin. 2:2) “Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded” (Titus 2:6)

“…prove yourself a man…” (1 Kin. 2:2) “Likewise exhort the young men to be sober-minded” (Titus 2:6) Manliness ≠ Recklessness (Judg. 9:4) Manliness ≠ Rudeness (1 Cor. 13:5) Manliness ≠ Laziness (Prov. 24:30-34) Manliness ≠ Filthiness (1 Cor. 6:20; Deut. 23:12- 14; 1 Pet. 3:21) What Manliness Is Not

“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God” (Deut. 22:5)

“…and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit…” (1 Cor. 6:19, 20) Dress Hair Demeanor Role Rule

“You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet” (Ps. 8:6)

“I said, ‘You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High”(Ps. 82:6)

Tread Down Fear and Dread (Gen. 9:2) Serve Guard and Protect (Gen. 2:15)

CAN WE AT LEAST RULE  Our spirit (Prov. 16:32; 25:28)  Our body (1 Thess. 4:1-6)  “That no man should by any means endeavour to corrupt the wife of another, or to alienate her affections or fidelity from her husband…” (Adam Clarke, comm. on v. 6)  Our house (1 Tim. 3:4, 5)

 How I Can Be A Good Leader  Modeling A Work-ethic  Guiding In Education  Administering Discipline  Walking The Spiritual Walk  Exhortation: “Prove Yourself A Man”  Noting What Is Not Manliness  Distinguishing Yourself As A Man

13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

13 I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one